Alexander of Rome
Alexander of Rome (* 2nd century in Rome ; † 165 ibid) was a Roman martyr . The Catholic feast day is 10. July , the Orthodox of May 13 .
Life
According to tradition, Alexander was one of seven sons of the martyr Felicitas . According to other traditions under Emperor Antoninus Pius , he, his brothers Januaris, Felix, Martialis, Philippus, Silvanus and Vitalis were tortured to death in front of their mother during the reign of Mark Aurel . Then Felicitas was also killed and buried in the catacomb of Maximus on the Via Salaria ; her feast day is November 23rd.
Transfer of relics
In the winter of 850/851, at the instigation of Waltbraht or Waltbert , Count im Lerigau and grandson of the Saxon leader Widukind , relics of St. Alexander are said to have been brought to Wildeshausen in the east of his Gaus (south of Bremen ), where Waltbraht had founded a canonical monastery . This transfer was related to numerous other reliquary translations of the time that were intended to support the Sachsenmission . The translation legend De miraculis sancti Alexandri reports on the transmission and the miracles accompanying it .
In the 12th century , Alexander relics came to Neuwerk near Halle and the Ottobeuren imperial abbey . Two Wildeshauser Arm reliquaries from the first third of the 13th century are now in St. Georg in Vechta .
literature
- Martina Junghans: The arm reliquaries of St. Alexander. An art-historical classification. In: Holy Helpers. Relics of Alexander and Regina reflected in the history of the Osnabrück diocese. Exhibition catalog Diözesanmuseum Osnabrück 2001, pp. 81–93.
- Ekkart Sauser : Alexander and brothers. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 16-17.
- Paul W. Roth: Soldiers Saints , Verlag Styria, Graz Vienna Cologne, 1993, ISBN 3-222-12185-0
- Hedwig Röckelein : Saints as media of Christianization - St. Alexander as a case study. In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 2016 (Ed .: Heimatbund für das Oldenburger Münsterland). Vechta 2015, pp. 41–63, ISBN 978-3-941073-19-7 .
Remarks
- ↑ not to be confused with the Roman bishop Alexander
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SURNAME | Alexander of Rome |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman martyr |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
DATE OF DEATH | 165 |
Place of death | Rome |